Momogun language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Sabah, Malaysia}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Momogun
|altname=
|nativename=
|states=Malaysia
|region=Sabah
|speakers={{Sigfig|88,850|1}}
|date=2007–2009
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=North Bornean
|fam4=Southwest Sabahan
|fam5=Dusunic
|fam6=Dusun
|lc1=kqr|ld1=Kimaragang (Marigang, Sonsogon)
|lc2=tgb|ld2=Tobilung (Tebilung)
|lc3=drg|ld3=Rungus (Momogun)
|glotto=kima1244
|glottoname=Kimaragang
|glotto2=tobi1239
|glottoname2=Tobilung
|glotto3=rung1259
|glottoname3=Rungus
}}
Kimaragang (Marigang), Tobilung, and Rungus are varieties of a single Austronesian language of Sabah, Malaysia. The three varieties share moderate mutual intelligibility. Children are not learning it well in some areas.
Phonology
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! colspan="2" | |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
|{{IPAlink|m}} |{{IPAlink|n}} | |{{IPAlink|ŋ}} | |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |Plosive
!voiceless |{{IPAlink|p}} |{{IPAlink|t}} | |{{IPAlink|k}} |{{IPAlink|ʔ}} |
| voiced
|{{IPAlink|b}} |{{IPAlink|d}} | |{{IPAlink|ɡ}} | |
| rowspan="2" |Affricate
!voiceless | |{{IPAlink|ts}} | | | |
| voiced
| |{{IPAlink|dz}} |{{IPAlink|dʒ}} | | |
| rowspan="2" |Fricative
!voiceless | |{{IPAlink|s}} | | |{{IPAlink|h}} |
| voiced
|{{IPAlink|v}} |{{IPAlink|z}} | | | |
| colspan="2" |Lateral
| |{{IPAlink|l}} |{{IPAlink|ɭ̆}} | | |
| colspan="2" |Approximant
| | |{{IPAlink|j}} | | |
/ɭ̆/ may also be heard as [l] in word-final positions.
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! !Back |
| Close
|{{IPAlink|i}} | |{{IPAlink|u}} |
|---|
| Mid
|{{IPA link|e}} | |{{IPA link|o}} |
| Open
| |{{IPAlink|a}} | |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.kimaragang.net/en/_4458 Kimaragang Language and Culture]
- [https://www.webonary.org/rungus/ Rungus Dictionary on Webonary.org] - dictionary by SIL International
{{Languages of Malaysia}}
{{Bornean languages}}
{{Greater North Borneo languages}}
Category:Languages of Malaysia
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